A group performance featuring Kid Rock, Keith Urban and Sheryl Crow is also slated for the West Coast leg of Hope for Haiti Now.

Rap mogul Jay-Z will hit the stage with U2’s Bono and The Edge and Rihanna for a group performance at the telethon’s London location. Pop/rock collective Coldplay will also perform in London for the event, which will feature testimonials from various entertainers who will be on hand to answer phones.

The Hope for Haiti telethon is the latest in a continuous stream of aid that has arrived in the aftermath of the 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12.

The Hope for Haiti telethon is expected to attract a large viewing audience as the event will air at 8 p.m. ET/PT and 7 p.m. CT Friday on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, and CMT. Other channels slated to carry the telethon include PBS, TNT, Showtime, Comedy Central, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health and Planet Green as well as Canadian networks CBC Television, CTV, Global Television, and MuchMusic.

Beginning Saturday (January 23), all musical performances from Hope for Haiti Now will be available for purchase for 99 cents per song through the Apple® iTunes® Store.

Proceeds from the song purchases will benefit Haiti relief funds managed by “Hope for Haiti Now” charities